Following high-level diplomatic visits and escalating trade tensions, China has extended its anti-dumping investigation on EU brandy, which will particularly impact the French industry.

Earlier this week, China's Ministry of Commerce finalized its expiry review on resorcinol imports from Japan, sustaining the duties for another five years.

China's Ministry of Commerce will host a hearing on beef imports next week as part of its safeguard investigation.

In a swift and comprehensive retaliation against the 10% additional tariff imposed by the United States today on all Chinese goods, Beijing has unleashed a barrage of countermeasures. These actions span across multiple fronts, including a WTO challenge, retaliatory tariffs, sanitary and phytosanitary (SPS) decisions on U.S. agricultural products,

Amid a series of ongoing trade remedy measures and investigations between China and the EU, China's Ministry of Commerce recently reached an affirmative decision in the expiry review on the anti-dumping measures on EU potato starch.

At the WTO Committee on Anti-Dumping Practices meeting of October 30, 2024, for which the minutes were recently circulated, the EU and Japan raised concerns with various Chinese anti-dumping measures, and China criticized UK practices related to the Brexit transition.

Last week, China's Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) concluded the expiry review of the anti-dumping measures against ortho dichlorobenzene (ODCB) from Japan and India.